Quality & Patient Safety Project Manager, Full-Time, Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center
About The Position
The Quality & Patient Safety Project Manager supports evidence-based care and clinical excellence by applying system design, reengineering, project management, patient safety, quality improvement, outcomes measurement, and statistical analysis. The role works to increase compliance rates against nationally standardized benchmarks and definitions and corporate requirements through project management, training, data management, and regulatory-compliance support. The position facilitates or assists with quality improvement projects, identifies patient-safety risks and improvement initiatives, provides training in patient-safety and performance-improvement practices, and collects, analyzes, and reports quality data. It also supports monitoring compliance with regulatory standards and accreditation surveys. The role performs other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing or a healthcare field.
- Three years of quality-improvement or project-management experience in a healthcare environment (preferred).
- Experience leading and facilitating project teams (preferred).
- Three years of clinical experience within an acute-care hospital (preferred).
- Current New Jersey Registered Nurse licensure (preferred).
Nice To Haves
- Three years of quality-improvement or project-management experience in a healthcare environment.
- Experience leading and facilitating project teams.
- Three years of clinical experience within an acute-care hospital.
- Current New Jersey Registered Nurse licensure.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate or assist with quality-improvement projects for teams and departments as assigned.
- Identify potential patient-safety risks and support initiatives to improve patient safety.
- Provide in-service training on patient-safety principles and practices, quality management, performance-improvement techniques, and organizational operating procedure standards.
- Participate in Shared Governance Councils and Hospital Quality/Patient Safety meetings, providing guidance and instruction in performance-improvement techniques.
- Collect, compile, analyze, and report quality data.
- Monitor the effectiveness of and adherence to corrective-action plans, and report findings to the Director of Quality and Patient Safety or designee.
- Participate in activities to monitor and ensure ongoing compliance with quality and regulatory standards, including those of The Joint Commission, State Department of Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, payers, and other agencies.
- Provide support during accreditation and regulatory surveys.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage (for team members working 22.5 hours per week or above).
- Life and AD&D insurance.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage, with options to supplement.
- 403(b) retirement plan with employer match and additional non-elective contribution.
- PTO and paid sick leave.
- Tuition assistance, advancement, and academic advising.
- Parental, adoption, and surrogacy leave.
- Backup and on-site childcare.
- Well-being rewards.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Fertility benefits and Healthy Pregnancy Program.
- Flexible spending and commuter accounts.
- Pet, home, auto, identity theft, and legal insurance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
